Psalm 79

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Psalm 79

A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

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O God, the ^(A)nations have ^(a)invaded ^(B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^(C)holy temple;
They have ^(D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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They have given the ^(E)dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

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They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was ^(F)no one to bury them.

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We have become a ^(G)reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those around us.

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^(H)How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^(I)jealousy ^(J)burn like fire?

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^(K)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which ^(L)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ^(M)do not call upon Your name.

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For they have ^(N)devoured Jacob
And ^(O)laid waste his ^(b)habitation.

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^(P)Do not remember ^(c)the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^(Q)meet us,
For we are ^(R)brought very low.

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^(S)Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(T)Your name;
And deliver us and ^(d)^(U)forgive our sins ^(V)for Your name’s sake.

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^(W)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
^(X)Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

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Let ^(Y)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^(e)power preserve ^(f)those who are ^(Z)doomed to die.

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And return to our neighbors ^(AA)sevenfold ^(AB)into their bosom
^(g)The ^(AC)reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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So we Your people and the ^(AD)sheep of Your ^(h)pasture
Will ^(AE)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^(AF)tell of Your praise.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 79:1: ['Lit ', come into]

b. Psalm 79:7: ['Lit ', pasture]

c. Psalm 79:8: ['Or our ', former iniquities]

d. Psalm 79:9: ['Lit ', cover over, atone for]

e. Psalm 79:11: ['Lit ', arm]

f. Psalm 79:11: ['Lit ', the children of death]

g. Psalm 79:12: ['Lit ', Their]

h. Psalm 79:13: ['Or ', pasturing]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 79:1: Lamentations 1:10

B. Psalm 79:1: Psalm 74:2

C. Psalm 79:1: Psalm 74:3; Psalm 74:7

D. Psalm 79:1: Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 52:12-14; Micah 3:12

E. Psalm 79:2: Deuteronomy 28:26; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20

F. Psalm 79:3: Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 16:4

G. Psalm 79:4: Psalm 44:13; Psalm 80:6; Daniel 9:16

H. Psalm 79:5: Psalm 13:1; Psalm 74:1; Psalm 74:9; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 85:5; Psalm 89:46

I. Psalm 79:5: Deuteronomy 29:20; Ezekiel 36:5; Ezekiel 38:19

J. Psalm 79:5: Psalm 89:46; Zephaniah 3:8

K. Psalm 79:6: Psalm 69:24; Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 21:31; Zephaniah 3:8

L. Psalm 79:6: 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8

M. Psalm 79:6: Psalm 14:4; Psalm 53:4

N. Psalm 79:7: Psalm 53:4

O. Psalm 79:7: Jeremiah 39:8

P. Psalm 79:8: Psalm 106:6; Isaiah 64:9

Q. Psalm 79:8: Psalm 21:3

R. Psalm 79:8: Deuteronomy 28:43; Psalm 116:6; Psalm 142:6; Isaiah 26:5

T. Psalm 79:9: Psalm 31:3

U. Psalm 79:9: Psalm 25:11; Psalm 65:3

V. Psalm 79:9: Jeremiah 14:7

W. Psalm 79:10: Psalm 42:10; Psalm 115:2

X. Psalm 79:10: Psalm 94:1; Psalm 94:2

Y. Psalm 79:11: Psalm 102:20

Z. Psalm 79:11: Psalm 102:20

AA. Psalm 79:12: Genesis 4:15; Leviticus 26:21; Leviticus 26:28; Psalm 12:6; Psalm 119:164; Proverbs 6:31; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 30:26

AB. Psalm 79:12: Psalm 35:13; Isaiah 65:6; Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 32:18; Luke 6:38

AC. Psalm 79:12: Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:22

AD. Psalm 79:13: Psalm 74:1; Psalm 95:7; Psalm 100:3

AE. Psalm 79:13: Psalm 44:8

AF. Psalm 79:13: Psalm 89:1; Isaiah 43:21